GRASS v. CREDITO MEXICANO, S.A.

No. 85-1669.

797 F.2d 220 (1986)

Adrian L. GRASS, Adrian L. Grass, Jr., Sharon Elizabeth Grass and Ramona Rebecca Lopez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CREDITO MEXICANO, S.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl H. Green, Kurt G. Paxson, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Philip R. Martinez, W. Royal Furgeson, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, RANDALL and W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court dismissing their complaint on the ground that the act of state doctrine bars consideration of plaintiffs' claims in a United States court. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I.

Plaintiff Adrian L. Grass is a citizen of the United States living in El Paso, Texas. Grass opened in 1976 a dollar account with the predecessor of defendant Credito Mexicano, S.A.,...

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